Originally Posted by slave "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray this cushy life to keep; I pray for toys that look like mice, and sofa cushions, soft and nice. I pray for gourmet kitty snacks, and someone nice to scratch my back; For windowsills all warm and bright, for shadows to explore the night. I pray I'll always stay real cool, and keep the secret feline rule; to NEVER tell a human that, the world is really ruled by cats." ...
Originally Posted by slave The beautiful thing about learning to be a writer, is that it not only expresses who you are, but even as a Christian; it does it in a way that leaves beautiful color in the midst of those who get to know Him through you. It is an indelible beauty unmasked and laid to bare of the hope to which He has called you. It is a way for God to help those who need to take down the old pictures they have in their life, and replace them with new pictures as you paint them a Rembrandt of Spiritual truths and ...
Updated June 2nd, 2017 at 04:46 PM by slave
So how does fear of God, who is perfect love, take away fear? William D. Eisenhower puts it this way in his article 'Fearing God" in Christianity Today: Unfortunately, many of us presume that the world is the ultimate threat and that God's function is to offset it. How different this is from the biblical position that God is far scarier than the world …. When we assume that the world is the ultimate threat, we give it unwarranted power, for in truth, the world's ...
Originally Posted by slave Originally Posted by slave What God wants is the sacrifice through death which enables us to do what Jesus did, that is, sacrifice our lives. Not— “Lord, I am ready to go with You . . . to death” (Luke 22:33). But— “I am willing to be identified with Your death so that I may sacrifice my life to God.” 1 Corinthians 15: 55-57; Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God! He gives ...
It is fair to say that Paul never got over the fact that he violently persecuted the Church. Even though his rampage against the first followers of Jesus had ended over 20 years earlier, as we read the position of his life in 1 Timothy, he still grieved because of what he had done. But, as we look at his position in Christ, as he gets older, Paul was moved to celebration and praise because God's mercy is always greater than sin. Do we believe that in our own position ...
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